The Seattle Mariners have traded former UNC Tar Heel baseball star Dustin Ackley to the New York Yankees, the team announced on Thursday.

Ackley, who is from Winston-Salem, will join former Carolina teammates Andrew Miller and Adam Warren wearing the Yankee pinstripes.

Ackley was taken second overall in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, after Stephen Strasburg.

The 27-year-old Ackley is leaving Seattle where another former Tar Heel – Kyle Seager – has developed into one of the best third basemen in baseball.

Ackley had a .243 batting average this year with six home runs and 19 RBI’s for the Mariners.